Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-05

ore to day.
Rev. II. +. Hill of Montpelier, will hold
church service at Camp Watson, on the
lake shore, at Milton, next Sunday at 3
O'Clock p. m and the Rev. Robert Fulton
Crazy, rector of the church of the Holy
Comforter of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, will
ofIiciate at the same hour the following
Sunday.
A woman who lives in the vicinity Of
the railroad depot at Winooski got up in
her sleep about O'Clock the other morning
and in her night clothing walked down
the track toward Burlington. She was
aroused from her sleep by the $50 train, as
it was going through the tunnel, and she
found herself near the eastern entrance.
1t was narrow escape.
Luther Whitney has been awarded the
contract for building two beacon founda-
tons at the Gut. One is to be built at the
north and one at the south entrance; each
20 feet squarely, crib work from rock foun-
dation six feet high, up to low water
mark, and IL feet high above that with
sides drawn in, making the top IL feet
square, the north and south corners to be
protected with angle iron and boiler plate.
The prospect is that the Champlain Val
ley Poultry association will not hold an
exhibition the coming winter, but they
will do all in their power to encourage the
association which is to be formed at st.
Adams. II. NJ. Deal and ID. II. Plaisted
are the prime movers in the enterprise
and they have written to Mr.. G. f. Wright
to obtain facts and figures. A meeting
will be held there in the near future and
the chances are pronounced good for fine
exhibition.
Mr.J. V. Page died very suddenly Thurs
day night. He had attended to his bust
ness rs usual Thursday, but in the even
ing he felt i'll and DR.. Briggs was sum
moned and attended him. Later in the
evening he became worse and Mrs. Page
left him alone in the house TO go for the
doctor, who lives but a short distance
away, and when she returned he was dead.
The cause of death was probably some
difficulty of the heart.
The executive committee of the 18th
Regiment Vermont Volunteers Reunion
association, met in this city yesterday,
when it was decided to hold its second
annual reunion in Burlington, October
5. 1t was also arranged to have an address,
band concert and boat ride on the lake.
and camp fire in the evening. 1t is eX-
pected large number will be in attend
ance. Mr.. f. Baker, the secretary of the
association, states that further announce
ment will be made as arrangements are
completed.
The Lewiston commandery and their
guests started for home by special train
Thursday morning at 1870 o'clock. They
were greatly pleased with the handsome
manner in which they were received by
the Burlington Sir Knights who spared
no pains to make their visit a pleasant
one. Those who participated in the dane
ing party at the American hotel given in
honor of the visitors say that it was fine
affair. The visitors made a very favor
able impression upon our residents and
they will be doubly welcome when they
repeat their visit which it is hoped may be
in the near future.
A beautiful object in the western sky
now is Venus, the evening star, which is
fast moving on to her period of greatest
brilliancy, which will occur August Is.
On that day, at noon, she reaches a point
about 40 degrees east of the sun. AT this
period in her orbit, but crescent of it,
Illuminated disc is turned our way. Dur
ing the entire month of August she may
be found at highest some 80 degrees high
ON the western heavens, so bright that one
can scarcely marvel that the ancients re-
garded her as the flashing shield of the
beautiful goddess of love.
Gen. w. l.. Greenleaf has just made the
following detail for the staff of the provis
ional battalion, composed of the First and
Second separate companies of Newport and
Richford respectively. Lieut.. Thomas A.
Austin, Co. G, LIST regiment, acting adju-
tant, Private F. S. Hutchinson, second
company, acting assistant surgeon Sergt.
Sidney Slice, First company. acting sergt.-
major. Sergt w. H. Moses, Second COM
pany, acting quartermaster-sergea
The steamer Allen Gilmore, Cant Will
liam Bangs, brought six barges to this
port with 1,653,032 feet of lumber or an
average to each boat of 275,506 feet. 1t
consisted of lath, pickets and pine lumber.
Three of the boats were for Bronsons.
Weston, Durham & Co., three for Mat
| thews & Hickok, part of one of the latter
being for Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes.
The barge Toms contained 3l5l45 feet
of pine, the largest load ever brought into
port, drawing little less than six feet of